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Frank de Boer says he is excited to join a club that "spend a lot of money" after becoming the new Crystal Palace boss.

Chelsea are close to signing midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko from French champions Monaco and the deal could be completed this week.

A big success at Ajax but sacked after three months at Inter - why "down to earth" Frank de Boer will be determined to succeed at Palace.

El Hadji Diouf had a reputation for bad behaviour as a player, but tells BBC Sport's Stanley Kwenda this was unfair.

Nathan Redmond and Nathaniel Chalobah are injury doubts for England Under-21s before their European semi-final against Germany.

Tottenham put £200m price tag on Kane, Sandro agrees to join Chelsea, Swansea reject Everton's £30m Sigurdsson bid, plus more.

Liverpool reject an £11m bid from Serie A side Napoli for Alberto Moreno - and will demand £15m for the Spanish defender.

Chelsea's Eden Hazard and Crystal Palace's Yohan Cabaye are among the investors backing a new football club in the United States.

Cameroon's adventure at the Fifa Confederations Cup in Russia is over after a 3-1 defeat to reigning world champions Germany.